Picosecond pulse-shaping for strong three-dimensional field-free alignment of generic asymmetric-top molecules.
Journal
Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
17 Mar 2022
17 Mar 2022
Historique:
received:
15
09
2020
accepted:
15
02
2022
entrez:
18
3
2022
pubmed:
19
3
2022
medline:
19
3
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Fixing molecules in space is a crucial step for the imaging of molecular structure and dynamics. Here, we demonstrate three-dimensional (3D) field-free alignment of the prototypical asymmetric top molecule indole using elliptically polarized, shaped, off-resonant laser pulses. A truncated laser pulse is produced using a combination of extreme linear chirping and controlled phase and amplitude shaping using a spatial-light-modulator (SLM) based pulse shaper of a broadband laser pulse. The angular confinement is detected through velocity-map imaging of H
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pubmed: 35301292
doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28951-z
pii: 10.1038/s41467-022-28951-z
pmc: PMC8931173
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Journal Article
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eng
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Organisme : Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)
ID : KU 1527/3
Organisme : Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)
ID : AR 4577/4
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© 2022. The Author(s).
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